Communications Officer – Spark عودة إلى الفرص

About SPARK

SPARK develops higher education and entrepreneurship to empower young, ambitious people to lead their fragile and conflict-affected societies into prosperity. SPARK is a dynamic and growing, international not-for-profit development organisation with 100+ staff members, in more than 14 offices around the world. SPARK supports refugees in the Middle-East by providing them with scholarships in universities and higher education institutions in the region. SPARK also supports young entrepreneurs in fragile states, to start or grow their own businesses.

The LEAD 2 programme is a 4-year Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs-funded programme (2020/2023) that aims to improve and enhance economic prospects and opportunities for youth in Tunisia and Somaliland by supporting SMEs to grow, alongside supporting an enabling business environment and developing entrepreneurship and employability measures.

The Communications Officer will be responsible for all communication for LEAD 2 programme, including responsibility for implementing the regional communication strategy and planning activities in line with the LEAD 2 guidelines. 

The Communications Officer will report to the Regional Programme Director for the North Africa region and coordinate closely with the communications unit at SPARK HQ.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

The responsibilities and tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Create and execute a communications and outreach strategy for the LEAD 2 programme, including development and coordination of promotion materials for various target groups including prospective students and businesses;
• Support the creation of engaging content surrounding LEAD 2, including video production, news and story writing, photography etc.
• Collect news and stories to be published in SPARK’s newsletters, website, social media channels, videos and other organisation-wide communication;
• Coordinate response to donor requests on visibility and access to beneficiaries (video production, news and story writing, photography etc.);
• Manage the SPARK Tunisia and SPARK Somalia Facebook accounts, promoting engagement;
• Organising events;
• Cooperate with other (I)NGOs and other stakeholders to promote SPARK activities;
• Develop a network of journalists;
• Other ad hoc tasks and duties.

SPARK Offers

• A challenging and exciting position in an international environment;
• Remuneration based on experience and SPARK salary grid;
• Training opportunities